New Delhi, Dec. 13 -- The proposal for a Centre for Odia Studies, tabled at the Delhi University's (DU) Executive Council (EC) meeting on Friday, has been approved, officials aware of the matter said. The centre will be a part of the faculty of arts at the university. "Centre for Odia Studies will expand the scope of discussion on language, literature, culture, civilisation and customs at DU," DU vice-chancellor Yogesh Singh said. Singh said that the centre will offer an MA course in Odia as a two-year postgraduate programme, in semester mode, while further modalities for a one-year postgraduate programme, aligned with the four-year undergraduate programme, as per the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020, will be determined later based on o...